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Trump's tariffs risk jobs and profits in working-class areas

President Donald Trump's escalating dispute with China over trade and technology is threatening jobs and profits in ...

Kim Jong Un, Li Jinjun

North Korea's Kim meets Chinese envoy after deadly bus crash

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has met with China's ambassador and visited a hospital where Chinese tourists were being ...

Chipmaker SK Hynix reports 64 percent jump in 1Q earnings

SK Hynix Inc. said Tuesday its first-quarter net profit has surged 64 percent over a year earlier thanks to robust memory ...

Officials: Stolen California succulents, smuggled to Asia

State wildlife officials say they have uncovered an international scheme in which thieves from Korea and China slip into wild ...

Sarah Huckabee Sanders

US won't ease sanctions without action by NKorea on nukes

The White House said Monday North Korea won't get sanctions relief until it takes "concrete action" toward denuclearization, ...

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AP Top Stories April 23 A

Here's the latest for Monday, April 23rd: Manhunt for Tennessee Waffle House gunman; Senate Committee to vote of Sec.

S.Korea halts propaganda broadcasts before summit with North

South Korea halted anti-North Korea propaganda broadcasts across their tense border on Monday as officials from the two ...

HRW: 'Men only' job ads show ongoing discrimination in China

One job ad for Chinese high-speed train conductors called for candidates who were "fashionable and beautiful." Another ad ...

Eurozone interest rates could stay frozen well into 2019

When will the European Central Bank join the U.S. Federal Reserve and start raising interest rates? This much is clear: It ...

36 dead, mostly Chinese, in North Korea traffic accident

A traffic accident in North Korea has killed 32 Chinese tourists and four North Koreans, Chinese officials said Monday.

The Latest: China says 36 died in North Korea traffic crash

The Latest on a deadly traffic accident in North Korea (all times local): 3:40 p.m. China's foreign ministry says 32 Chinese ...

CHINA CAT AND DOG WAR

At war with Alibaba: Top brands fight China e-commerce giant

It was looking like a banner year for business in China. The U.S. clothing company was expecting a 20 percent jump in online ...

Donald Trump, Kim Jong Un

Trump says North Korea agreed to denuclearize. It hasn't.

President Donald Trump on Sunday claimed North Korea has agreed to "denuclearization" before his potential meeting with Kim ...

China's ZTE says it's seeking a solution to US tech ban

ZTE Corp., one of China's biggest tech companies, said Sunday that it is taking steps to comply with a U.S. technology ban ...

Kim Yo Jong, Moon Jae-in

Road to N. Korea's denuclearization is littered with failure

Bill Clinton offered oil and reactors. George W. Bush mixed threats and aid. Barack Obama stopped trying after a rocket ...

Nabi Tajima

World's oldest person dies in Japan at age of 117

The world's oldest person, a 117-year-old Japanese woman, has died. Nabi Tajima died in a hospital Saturday evening in the ...

17 killed as 2 dragon boats capsize in southern China

Seventeen people were killed after two dragon boats capsized in southern China, authorities said Sunday. The boats were ...

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Here's the latest for Saturday, April 21st: Hundreds attend Barbara Bush's private funeral; Queen Elizabeth celebrates her ...

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Haley: UN Sec. Council Pressure Worked In NKorea

Kim Jong Un

N. Korea, setting stage for talks, halts nuclear, ICBM tests

North Korea announced that it will suspend nuclear tests and intercontinental ballistic missile launches ahead of its summits ...